U-17 World Cup: FIFA head of referees Massimo Busacca stands by referee

Kolkata, Oct 23 : FIFA head of refereeing Massimo Busacca on Monday put his weight behind American referee Jair Marrufo after German coach Christian Wueck hit out on the latter’s efficiency throughout their FIFA Underneath-17 World Cup quarter-final match in opposition to Brazil.

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Germany misplaced 1-2 on Sunday after taking the result in bow out of the competitors.

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The coach was furious with the refereeing on the submit match press convention saying simply earlier than Paulinho scored the winner, substitute Jan Boller was hit on his face by a Brazilian participant which went unnoticed. He mentioned that earlier than the event, they had been informed such offenses could be punished.

“I imply usually I do not speak about a single scenario. All people noticed the competitors and all of you noticed the performances, even yesterday. In the event you noticed additionally yesterday, you possibly can choose alone. I do not wish to say something,” Busacca informed reporters on the sidelines of the referees’ coaching session right here.